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Why does she want to get married? I don't think she's ready. She should marry a man who lives abroad.

What is "trafficko-psychosis syndrome"?

If you're looking for a husband you need to find another boyfriend. Forget about 'feelings', they will only mislead.

No, it will make them lazy and produce crappy products.

That's one thing I was trying to say, but couldn't quite find the words. It sounds uncompassionate, but it's the truth.

Tariffs are not needed. Free trade benefits everybody. You get what you want, they get what they want.

Tariffs only benefit the people collecting them - customs officials, government officials, the government in general.

@Rlst84sale: yes, I admire you because I think you have the mind of a true businessman who loves free markets.

If a local industry develops due to the imposition of an importation duty, that industry is not going to be able to survive the lifting of that importation duty in the future without massive job losses. That's why the US is still supporting farmers till this day despite the advent of modern technology. Protectionism is a trap that leads nowhere. if we impose tariffs on imported products from China, Japan, USA, they will impose tariffs on our own exports. It's a fool's game. At the end of the day, we would be miserable and yet still as poor as we are now (though the customs people will be rich).

Rather than all that nonsense, we should import the things we are not particularly good at producing and export the things that we are naturally good at producing - like cassava, oil, IT services and other things coming up.

Hell NO, I tried that and it fell flat on its face. NOW its a dictatorship and I'm the dictator

Hehe. I won't even try such. It's either you are working for me or I am working for you. No middle ground!

Thanks, guys, for your well-expressed responses. Unfortunately, I discovered an error in my initial analogy, so I have to start afresh. That analogy is a key to actually saying what I am trying to say. But thanks so much, guys.

Moved to advert section. Hope you got replies?

They are not failed banks. They are persecuted banks. The CBN position on these banks is hypocritical.

Hello children, are you having fun?

@Sharn06: Yes, I definitely owe you one.

@Lumzi: www.nairaland.com/chat is a chatroom, and you guys can use it if you want to.

Oh my! I've been had.

Hehe.

On a level terrain, Seun's Mallam Onisuya who presently can't feed his kids well might do much better than Aliko Dangote.

I doubt it. If Mallam Onisuya was financially responsible, he would practice family planning and not have 10 kids!

Never pay for a job.

Government's responsibility is to serve the citizens of the country.

Many of the citizens of this country are small businessmen. Should the government 'create bestselling products' for them? You might argue that businessmen are a minority, but aren't unemployed graduates also a minority? How many people are have the privilege of attending a higher institution and then sitting at home after graduating? Few!

are u suggesting that students' exam scores be arbitrarily reduced?

The compassionate argument: "isn't it selfish [/b]of you to score above 90 marks when your mates have below 40?"

or that scores should be awarded to a possibly blank sheet (john dull's)

The compassionate argument: "is it John Dull's fault that his [b]brain is blunt? We should give him our spare scores!"

and turn out half baked graduates.Its bad enough as it already is!

The compassionate argument: "that is harsh and inhumane! How will those half-baked graduates feed if we don't turn them out? If we don't allow dullards to graduate, how will they survive in life? How will they get jobs?"

I'm in support of the theory in the context of taxation

My main point is that if the concept is right in the context of taxation, it should be right in other similar contexts!

Let's suppose you were elected into power and then given the right to do whatever you like with the country: you were given the power to control Nigeria's executive, judiciary and legislative arms. What would you do?

I would break apart and sell off every government ministry except those concerned with law enforcement.

Many apologies. I just don't want Nairaland members to jump into risky businesses without due diligence. Sorry.

Can you explain in detail how the actions listed above amount to job creation so we can carry the discussion forward?

According to most Economics textbooks, progressive taxation is the fairest form of taxation. The intended effect of progressive taxation is to confiscate value from the rich and give it to the poor, disabled, retired, etc.

The argument justifying the practice goes like this, "is it fair to allow Dangote to make billions more than he needs when Mallam Onisuya doesn't earn enough to feed his 10 children or educate them for a brighter future?"

I wonder if we can apply the same logic a different field: WAEC and NECO exams: "Is it fair to allow brilliant JAMBites attending good private schools to score above 90% in their WASSCE and NECO exams when they only need 75% to score the highest grade (A1)? Why not take those excess marks and distribute them to dull students who, because they are too poor to attend good schools, (or just dull) end up scoring less than 40F in the exams? Why not take the 'excess' 15% from Mary Smart and add it to John Dull's below 40% score so he can also pass?

We can also apply it to the JAMB/UME Exam: Is it fair to allow extremely brilliant students to score above 300 marks in the University Matriculation Exam when they only need maybe 280 marks to beat the cut-off mark? Why not take their 'excess marks' and award them to poor students who have failed to score above 200 marks?

Let us refer to this innovative idea of mine as Exam Score Redistribution. If it is fair to tax rich people at a higher rate than poor people in order to redistribute wealth, why can't we also redistribute exam scores?

If it's inhumane to suggest that rich people shouldn't be taxed more, isn't it also inhumane to suggest that over- brilliant students shouldn't be taxed on their excess scores? How will very dull students ever pass their exams?

Can The Government 'Create Products' For Business Owners?

Politicians love to promise "job creation" when campaigning in elections. "We will create jobs" is the cry. I have analyzed this idea, and it makes absolutely no sense to me. I'll try to demonstrate how absurd it is:

1) The relationship between and employee and his employer is like the relationship between a businessman and his customers. Money flows in one direction and value flows in the other direction. In other words, an employer is an employee's customer. Employees are serve their employers in other to make money, in the same way that businessmen serve their customers in order to make money.

2) A "job" is what an employer pays an employee for. Similarly, a "product" is what a customer pays a business for.

3) So when a politician says, "I will create jobs for the unemployed" it is just like saying "I will create products for businesses that have nothing valuable to sell". Isn't that absurd? Isn't that the duty of a business?

In the same way, I believe that it is a duty of every individual to create a job for himself by making himself useful to others. This may involve applying for a job, or it may involve starting your own tiny business. It is absurd make this the duty of the government. It is like asking the government to create products for businessmen. How absurd!

Wait a minute, I won't be surprised if "product creation policy" becomes a hot topic during the next elections.

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But the law is on his side, isn't it?

If you want your relationships to be rewarding, you must fail to notice any irrelevant imperfections in your mate.

SUN You need a CMS for you site!

There's nothing wrong with the Sun newspaper website. Generated HTML pages are as fast as lightening!

All you had to do was use the "report to moderator" button appropriately. This topic fails on that note.

How does an "investment bus" differ from a normal bus? Moving to Auto section